#FlashbackFriday: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with NEA Heritage Fellows


By Paulette Beete
Heritage Fellow Modesto Cepeda on stage with male and female dancers in traditional white Puerto Rican costumes
Bomba and plena musician Modesto Cepeda (center) performs with musicians and dancers from El Centro Cultural de Bomba y Plena. Photo by Tom Pich
We're having a Hispanic Heritage Month-inspired #FlashbackFriday this week! Get to know NEA National Heritage Fellows Eva Ybarra (a master conjunto musician) and Modesto Cepeda (a master of bomba and plena music) in these clips from the 2017 NEA Heritage Fellowships Concert. Feel free to chairdance!

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